Pennsylvania SB 49: An Act establishing the Cannabis Control Board; providing for powers and duties of the Cannabis Control Board; establishing the Cannabis Regulation Fund; providing for permits and for dispensing cannabis to patients and caregivers; and making repeals.

Bill Text

PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1020, 1506, 1680 PRINTER'S NO. 1805
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 49
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY LAUGHLIN, K. WARD, STREET, ARGALL, TARTAGLIONE,
ROBINSON, SCHWANK, MALONE, VOGEL, BARTOLOTTA, KANE, BOSCOLA,
A. WILLIAMS, FONTANA, SAVAL, STEFANO, FLYNN AND PICOZZI,
JUNE 30, 2025
SENATOR PITTMAN, RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, RE-REPORTED AS
AMENDED, JUNE 9, 2026
AN ACT
Establishing the Cannabis Control Board; providing for powers
and duties of the Cannabis Control Board; establishing the
Cannabis Regulation Fund; providing for permits and for
dispensing cannabis to patients and caregivers; and making
repeals.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Preliminary Provisions
Section 101. Short title.
Section 102. Definitions.
Chapter 2. (Reserved)
Chapter 3. Cannabis Control Board
Section 301. Scope of chapter.
Section 302. Definitions.
Section 303. Establishment of board.
Section 304. Code of conduct.
Section 305. Applicability of other statutes.
Section 306. Board meetings.
Section 307. Board records.
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Section 308. Regulations.
Section 309. Powers and duties of board.
Section 310. Confidentiality and public disclosure.
Section 311. Unauthorized activities and civil penalties.
Section 312. Cannabis Regulation Fund.
Section 313. Report of board.
Section 314. Authority.
Section 315. Transfer of authority.
Section 316. Construction.
Chapter 4. (Reserved)
Chapter 5. Permits
Section 501. (Reserved).
Section 502. (Reserved).
Section 503. Warehousing and distribution permit.
Section 504. Third-party transporter permit.
Chapter 6. (Reserved)
Chapter 7. Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 701. Dispensaries.
Section 702. Grower/processors.
Section 703. Repeals.
Section 704. Effective date.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
CHAPTER 1
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Section 101. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Cannabis
Control Board Act.
Section 102. Definitions.
The words and phrases used in this act shall have the
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meanings given to them in the act of April 17, 2016 (P.L.84,
No.16), known as the Medical Marijuana Act, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise.
CHAPTER 2
(Reserved)
CHAPTER 3
CANNABIS CONTROL BOARD
Section 301. Scope of chapter.
This chapter relates to the Cannabis Control Board.
Section 302. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Board." The Cannabis Control Board established under
section 303(a).
"Cannabis." As follows:
(1) Any of the following:
(i) Marijuana, hashish or other substances that are
identified as including any parts of the plant cannabis
sativa and including derivatives or subspecies, such as
indica, of all strains of cannabis, whether growing or
not, including the seeds, resin extracted from any part
of the plant and any compound, manufacture, salt,
derivative, mixture or preparation of the plant. The term
includes THC and all other naturally produced cannabinol
derivatives, whether produced directly or indirectly by
extraction, including delta-7 THC, delta-8 THC, delta-9
THC or any structural, optical or geometric isomers of
tetrahydrocannabinol, cannabis flower, concentrate,
edible and infused products.
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(ii) A product intended for human consumption with a
THC concentration, however derived, that is a hemp-
derived cannabinoid product and is excluded from the
definition of "hemp" under this section.
(iii) An intermediate hemp-derived cannabinoid
product which is marketed or sold as a final product or
directly to an end consumer for personal or household
use.
(2) The term does not include the mature stalks of the
plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from
the seeds of the plant or any other compound, manufacture,
salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of the mature
stalks, the sterilized seed of the plant that is incapable of
germination or industrial hemp.
"Cannabis organization." A medical marijuana organization as
defined in the Medical Marijuana Act.
"Container." The innermost wrapping, packaging or vessel in
direct contact with a final hemp-derived cannabinoid product in
which the final hemp-derived cannabinoid product is enclosed for
retail sale to consumers, such as a jar, bottle, bag, box,
packet, can, carton or cartridge. The term does not include bulk
shipping containers or outer wrappings that are not essential
for the final retail delivery or sale to an end consumer for
personal or household use.
"Final hemp-derived cannabinoid product." A hemp-derived
cannabinoid product that is in the final form or preparation
marketed or intended to be used or consumed by a human or
a